
Inside the Dark Factory: AI That Ships Code Solo
28 Jul 2026
"Explores AI-driven 'dark factories' automating PRs, Tessl's software factories, and challenges like code quality, trust, and cultural shifts in AI-native development."
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AI Native Developer, hosted by Guy Podjarny and Simon Maple. Interviews looking at how Software Developers are using AI. Released as Audio and Video.
Episodes

28 Jul 2026
"Explores AI-driven 'dark factories' automating PRs, Tessl's software factories, and challenges like code quality, trust, and cultural shifts in AI-native development."
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23 Jul 2026
"Explores AI security risks, credential leaks, and malicious skills, emphasizing the need for specialized tools, structured guidance, and proactive measures to secure AI-driven coding workflows."
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21 Jul 2026
"Explores risks of uncontrolled AI agents, advocates for structured, validated outputs to prevent data leaks, and highlights secure AI models like 'Mulder and Scully' for safe troubleshooting, emphasizing data security, scalable workflows, and rapid AI innovation."
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14 Jul 2026
"AI is transforming software development, reshaping workflows, roles, and organizational structures while requiring adaptability, structured adoption, and focus on quality, security, and cost management."
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7 Jul 2026
Claude Tag is an AI agent that autonomously automates workflows across Slack and other tools by maintaining cross-channel memory, coordinating team tasks like PR creation and ticketing, and adapting to shifts in chat-based development practices, though challenges in non-engineering integration and security remain.
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30 Jun 2026
The Tessl agent automates repetitive development tasks through code review automation, loop engineering reducing manual PR review work by 4050%, modular workflows, composable factories, and open-source integration, prioritizing scalable, user-controlled automation over monolithic systems.
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25 Jun 2026
AI transforms software development by shifting from human-led to agent-driven workflows, emphasizing cost efficiency, process optimization, organizational adaptation, and balancing innovation with governance, while addressing challenges like automation resistance, cultural change, and evolving roles in agile, collaborative practices.
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23 Jun 2026
AI integration across industries focuses on practical applications in fintech, blockchain, and AML, emphasizing balancing hype with tangible outcomes, addressing workflow scaling challenges, leveraging tools like Autonomy AI, and prioritizing structured processes, user alignment, and reliable agent management over unstructured development.
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16 Jun 2026
Agentic AI systems face critical security risks from overconfidence, prompt-injection vulnerabilities, bypassable guardrails, and performance-driven development, requiring foundational security measures, developer education, and intent-based design to bridge readiness gaps and ensure safe innovation.
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9 Jun 2026
The text explores Codex's integration via Chrome DevTools and TypeScript daemons, agentic development's emphasis on autonomous workflows and trustworthiness, harness engineering's structured tool integration, code QA with automation and feedback loops, shifts in code reviews toward strategy, AI agents as onboarding tools, persistent specs over code, balancing specification precision with adaptability, computational costs of token-heavy processes, and adapting team dynamics to agent-centric workflows.
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